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Tower of History

326 East Portage Avenue
Sault Sainte Marie MI United States
http://www.towerofhistory.com/

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Finished1968
Building Uses
 - observation
 - monument
 - museum
 - retail
Structural Types
 - tower
 - cantilever

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Roof210 ftCurator, Tower of History
Highest platform174 ftCurator, Tower of History
Middle platform160 ftCurator, Tower of History
main observation level
Lowest platform152 ftCurator, Tower of History
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Description
- The tower includes a gift shop, and a small Native American museum.

- This is the tallest tower in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

- The Tower of History was originally built a steeple for a church, but the church was abandoned in the middle of construction. The tower was then dedicated as a memorial to the early missionary-explorers that orignally settled Michigan.

- This tower built in the architectural style of brutalism, featuers three, rectangular concrete columns topped by observation platforms offer three different views over the Sault region.


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